tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post8668985577293095264..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Admiral Canute Sits Upon His ChairCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-9488670257188093882012-01-17T16:28:24.800-05:002012-01-17T16:28:24.800-05:00Plans are important. So is dependable funding. Mis...Plans are important. So is dependable funding. Missing thus far is any comment about skilled workforce.<br />"Where do we get such men?"--.. Unless some continuing care is placed on the maintenance of American Shipbui.ding capability we will have to design ships in house and then let them out for contract worldwide.<br />Sign me up for SUPSHIPS OSLO.Cap'n Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-46383113953145827772012-01-17T15:12:57.100-05:002012-01-17T15:12:57.100-05:00No lunch, no booze, no trips to the head. Orders t...No lunch, no booze, no trips to the head. Orders to home for all already made up. Send one home in the first five minutes (there will be a volunteer, I guarantee it). Start at 0800, done by 1100.Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-43710552553595381382012-01-17T12:10:11.459-05:002012-01-17T12:10:11.459-05:00The problem is that in the halls of congress the i...The problem is that in the halls of congress the idea is to give them just enough. So the army ask for 500 attack helicopters and instead gets 400. The Airforce ask for 1000 F-35s and gets around 600.......<br /><br />Thats the problem there are no realistic and adult decissions being made on either side.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-25258310231240119912012-01-17T10:59:08.737-05:002012-01-17T10:59:08.737-05:00Or you can tell the truth based on realistic range...Or you can tell the truth based on realistic range of numbers. Radical concept, I know.cdrsalamandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-20474529603289133212012-01-17T10:34:13.827-05:002012-01-17T10:34:13.827-05:00This is nothing more than "Do more with less....This is nothing more than "Do more with less." There is no adult conversation to be had here. Merely more heads in sand. We will not stand up as adults and say "we cannot do mission X, Y, and Z because we do not have enough ships" or "we will have to cede influence in oceans A, B, and C because we do not have enough ships". Instead, we will salute, ride our M-3 ships into M-4 status, screw over our dwindling supply of Sailors, cut VA benefits for the 80,000 servicemembers we just sent home and keep paying lazy democrats to sit on their asses for the fourth straight year collecting Welfare Plus, also known as "unemployment insurance"Adversus Omnes Dissidentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-53974754532727081562012-01-17T09:11:54.482-05:002012-01-17T09:11:54.482-05:00Based on our build rates, expected service lives, ...Based on our build rates, expected service lives, and recent trends of early decommissioning (DD 963, CG 47), we are really building to sustain about 185 ships right now. And, quite frankly, that is not realistic either.Not Surprisednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-48220387055103947442012-01-17T08:48:57.518-05:002012-01-17T08:48:57.518-05:00The Shipbuilding Plan Catch-22...
- site unrealis...The Shipbuilding Plan Catch-22...<br /><br />- site unrealistically high numbers (based on current cost of ship construction) that the plan is never realistically achievable, that you aren't taken seriously inside and outside of the Navy<br /><br />- site numbers lower and acquire the wrath of every congress-person from the Northeast, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic states, questioning the patriotism of the current Navy leaders...as if their support of shipbuilding has anything to do with patriotism and everything to do with staying electedSteel Citynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-57426222417940471492012-01-17T07:42:31.601-05:002012-01-17T07:42:31.601-05:00OK, let's talk plainly. Three years to "...OK, let's talk plainly. Three years to "finalize" (as if it was nearly complete) a new shipbuilding plan is ridiculous. Bring in the heads of the shipyards for the capabilities, the numbered fleet commanders for the requirements, and COCOMs for the funding, into a room for a long weekend and a few bottles of scotch. Done. Start building.Acquisition Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-34898279257705506622012-01-17T05:53:29.228-05:002012-01-17T05:53:29.228-05:00with already proposed 1-carrier-each-7-years shipb...with already proposed 1-carrier-each-7-years shipbuilding plan and 50 years planned lifespan I can see 7 carriers navy by 2050...<br />http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/15/new-navy-budgets-may-sink-plans-for-carriers/ewok40knoreply@blogger.com